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![Painting, Littleton #3, Richard Szkutnik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876500_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Littleton #5, Richard Szkutnik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876239_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Littleton #7, Richard Szkutnik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875687_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Canyon, Richard Szkutnik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1866396_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Chambre - Édition limitée n° 2, Raymond Depardon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675464_1_grid.jpg)
La Chambre - Édition limitée n° 2
Raymond Depardon
Print - 24 x 28.5 cm Print - 9.4 x 11.2 inch
$727
![Print, Can Festival, Mason Storm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1159392_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gondoliers à Venise, Bruno Martini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138632_1_grid.jpg)
Gondoliers à Venise
Bruno Martini
Painting - 39 x 64 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.4 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Painting, Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire, Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1106997_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$324
![Photography, Somnolence, Dominique Jullien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052784_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paris Tertre Place - Summer Evening, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1027578_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Tertre Place - Summer Evening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$554
![Photography, Structural Beauty, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1011279_1_grid.jpg)
Structural Beauty
Alexander Benz
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$514
![Painting, Un Soir au Moulin Rouge, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/981345_1_grid.jpg)
Un Soir au Moulin Rouge
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$334
![Painting, Hôtel Paris, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/929013_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Musique by night, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/928998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hôtel Le Festival, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/928977_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, New York Skyliner V, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/759261_1_grid.jpg)
New York Skyliner V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,443
![Photography, New York Skyliner III, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/759246_1_grid.jpg)
New York Skyliner III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,443
![Sculpture, Model for Monument to the White Squirrel, Brandon Vickerd](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/633456_1_grid.jpg)
Model for Monument to the White Squirrel
Brandon Vickerd
Sculpture - 30.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm Sculpture - 12 x 12 x 8 inch
$6,711
![Painting, Balade en pirogue, Michel Rauscher](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/250699_1_grid.jpg)
Balade en pirogue
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,362
![Photography, Ying and yang (Pink), Téber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173789_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Color Blocking (Sunrise), Téber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173782_1_grid.jpg)
Color Blocking (Sunrise)
Téber
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Energy Flows (Gold), Téber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173774_1_grid.jpg)
Energy Flows (Gold)
Téber
Photography - 50.3 x 50.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.8 x 19.8 x 0 inch
$1,398
![Painting, Phoenix, Jean-Luc Braesch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jacques Dominioni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150340_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Old village on the rock - Tuscany landscape painting, Andrea Borella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096541_1_grid.jpg)
Old village on the rock - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Down the river, Ivan Russev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, S.t, Tonino Guerra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090223_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085714_1_grid.jpg)
Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Painting, Sunny Day in Amsterdam, Anna Pavlova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2033034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Twilight in Amsterdam, Anna Pavlova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2033031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Western Church in Amsterdam., Anna Pavlova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2033025_1_grid.jpg)
Western Church in Amsterdam.
Anna Pavlova
Painting - 63.5 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 18 x 1 inch
$870
![Painting, Old farmhouses - Tuscany painting landscape, Andrea Borella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011671_1_grid.jpg)
Old farmhouses - Tuscany painting landscape
Andrea Borella
Painting - 100 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$951
![Painting, Afternoon on the lake - Italian painting, Andrea Borella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963326_1_grid.jpg)
Afternoon on the lake - Italian painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 95 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,063
![Painting, Old houses - Tuscany landscape painting, Andrea Borella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962636_1_grid.jpg)
Old houses - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$783
![Painting, Saint Tropez, Jean Wallis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1845249_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Prendre racine, Éliane Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1379046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Escale à Sanary-sur-mer, Béatrice Migliore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361313_1_grid.jpg)
Escale à Sanary-sur-mer
Béatrice Migliore
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1 inch
$1,510
![Photography, Little Odessa, New York., Kevin Jordan O'Shea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322598_1_grid.jpg)
Little Odessa, New York.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$503
![Photography, Cinderella is the proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life!, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1292025_1_grid.jpg)
Cinderella is the proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life!
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Berlin art XIII, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281405_1_grid.jpg)
Berlin art XIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,443
![Photography, Paris III, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Disney friends, Peter Donkersloot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280280_1_grid.jpg)
Disney friends
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,740
![Photography, Kyoto 14, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1268736_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, New York Skyliner II, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1210965_1_grid.jpg)
New York Skyliner II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,555
![Photography, La Mer – Circular XI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204281_1_grid.jpg)
La Mer – Circular XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,002
![Photography, HK Eye II, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204200_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, 1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on Woodstock paper Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197351_1_grid.jpg)
1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on Woodstock paper Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$5,536
![Fine Art Drawings, Moon Shin Museum 1975, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196787_1_grid.jpg)
Moon Shin Museum 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Moon Shin Museum with China Ink 1975, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196781_1_grid.jpg)
Moon Shin Museum with China Ink 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.8 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Paris Quartier Latin Moon Shin Home Design Rue Domat 1974, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195209_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Quartier Latin Moon Shin Home Design Rue Domat 1974
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Paris Quartier Latin Rue des Carmes Commissariat Maubert 1970, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195014_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Quartier Latin Rue des Carmes Commissariat Maubert 1970
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 11.4 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Paris Quartier Latin Design Moon Shin Home Rue Domat 1972, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195011_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Quartier Latin Design Moon Shin Home Rue Domat 1972
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, PARIS Quartier Latin rue Galande 1974 MOON SHIN COLLECTION MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195005_1_grid.jpg)
PARIS Quartier Latin rue Galande 1974 MOON SHIN COLLECTION MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 9.1 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, 1976 PARIS Quartier Latin Moon Shin Home Rue Domat Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul South Korea, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195002_1_grid.jpg)
1976 PARIS Quartier Latin Moon Shin Home Rue Domat Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 8.7 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Paris Quartier Latin Saint Severin 1974, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194975_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Quartier Latin Saint Severin 1974
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 17 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 6.7 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Les toits de PARIS Roofs 1970, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194972_1_grid.jpg)
Les toits de PARIS Roofs 1970
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 25.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 10 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Paris Rue des Carmes Quartier Latin commissariat Maubert Ve 1974, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194969_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Rue des Carmes Quartier Latin commissariat Maubert Ve 1974
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 11.8 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Museum, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194936_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, MOON SHIN Musée Imaginaire Museum 1976, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194930_1_grid.jpg)
MOON SHIN Musée Imaginaire Museum 1976
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,244
![Fine Art Drawings, Moon Shin Museum Project 1979 Dessin Drawing MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1190865_1_grid.jpg)
Moon Shin Museum Project 1979 Dessin Drawing MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$4,362
![Fine Art Drawings, Totem From Barcares, 1970 to Seoul Olympiads, 1988 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1176897_1_grid.jpg)
Totem From Barcares, 1970 to Seoul Olympiads, 1988 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$5,536
![Painting, La bâche bleue, Célestin Messaggio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873804_1_grid.jpg)
La bâche bleue
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,221
![Painting, Excursion, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/857514_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Les Granges de Port Royal, André Roland Brudieux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/765690_1_grid.jpg)
Les Granges de Port Royal
André Roland Brudieux
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 49 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$358
![Painting, The White Gate, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/517712_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frank Gehry Mashup, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512243_1_grid.jpg)
Frank Gehry Mashup
Elena Borstein
Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$18,000
![Painting, Rokko, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reitberg, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512228_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Neon Courtyard, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512210_1_grid.jpg)
Neon Courtyard
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 0.04 inch
$12,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Marvao, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512171_1_grid.jpg)
Marvao
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 0.04 inch
$12,000
![Painting, Folegandros, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512168_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Blue Gate, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512159_1_grid.jpg)
The Blue Gate
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.04 inch
$6,000
![Painting, Two Paths, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512156_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flying Circus, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511250_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meltemi I, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511232_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Bayamo I, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511094_1_grid.jpg)
Bayamo I
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.04 inch
$6,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Cienfuegos II, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511091_1_grid.jpg)
Cienfuegos II
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.04 inch
$6,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Cienfuegos I, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511088_1_grid.jpg)
Cienfuegos I
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$6,000
![Painting, Bayamo II, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tour Eiffel culturelle, Stéphane Cantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179866_1_grid.jpg)
Tour Eiffel culturelle
Stéphane Cantin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$313
![Painting, No Windowsill, Maxime Cousineau Perusse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170686_1_grid.jpg)
No Windowsill
Maxime Cousineau Perusse
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 3.6 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 1.4 inch
$740
![Painting, Sunny plants, Carlos Diaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166165_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vieille ville de Srinagar, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165514_1_grid.jpg)
Vieille ville de Srinagar
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 39 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Sindhu Palchowk, Marie Dorigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165513_1_grid.jpg)
Sindhu Palchowk
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 39 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$895
![Painting, La maison de Bretagne N°2, Omar Logang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141138_1_grid.jpg)
La maison de Bretagne N°2
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$895
![Painting, La maison de Bretagne N°1, Omar Logang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141135_1_grid.jpg)
La maison de Bretagne N°1
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$895 $805
![Painting, Panorama of Gorokhovets, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139421_1_grid.jpg)
Panorama of Gorokhovets
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$13,131
![Photography, Urbain brutalisme, Bleu Majorelle - Photographie digigraphie (2), Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136181_1_grid.jpg)
Urbain brutalisme, Bleu Majorelle - Photographie digigraphie (2)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$280
![Photography, Urbain brutalisme, Bleu Majorelle - Photographie digigraphie, Claire Giraudeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136179_1_grid.jpg)
Urbain brutalisme, Bleu Majorelle - Photographie digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$280
![Fine Art Drawings, De la serie Huérfanos de Babel, Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135718_1_grid.jpg)
De la serie Huérfanos de Babel
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch
$839
![Fine Art Drawings, De la serie Torres, hombres y cielos, Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135714_1_grid.jpg)
De la serie Torres, hombres y cielos
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch
$839
![Painting, De la serie primigenia esencia, Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135606_1_grid.jpg)
De la serie primigenia esencia
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 28 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,192
![Painting, Paris, Cathie Berthon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132461_1_grid.jpg)
Architecture
Art and architecture share many similarities. They've influenced one another throughout history. However, trying to liken these two disciplines will inevitably lead to certain contractions.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that Art, in its broadest sense, is defined as a creation meant to trigger an emotional response which is generally related to aesthetic pleasure. It doesn't satisfy any of life's basic needs, but it leads to thoughts, reflections, and often taps into our subconscious and our memory. On the other hand, architecture's primary purpose is to shelter individuals and ensure their safety. Architecture is meant to serve a utilitarian purpose.
Today, architecture has gone far beyond this initial function. Architects have strived to combine engineering and aesthetic research to create buildings that are so out of the ordinary we wonder how they were designed. They want their creations to stand out and favour originality and creativity. Just like in arts, architecture is influenced by the historical, social, and political context of the time and each movement has its own characteristics, from baroque to futurism to Bauhaus. Modern architecture marked a turn in the history of architecture. Architects revolutionised the social scope of their discipline and took an industrialist approach to society and nature — avant-garde architects rubbed shoulders with artists such as Georges Braque, Piet Mondrian, and members of the De Stijl group. Le Corbusier is a pioneer in collective housing, and also took part in ambitious projects which aimed to rebuild entire cities, such as Chandigarh in India. Decorative arts also developed by taking inspiration from the conventions that governed modernist architecture.
Contemporary architecture might not be a specific movement per se, but buildings that fall into this category share certain attributes. Contemporary architecture is characterised by curvy lines and various volumes in a single structure, as seen with the Sydney Opera House. The architect Jørn Utzon explained that he didn't seek to create a building for this project, but an actual sculpture. The building continually renews itself with new meanings and experiences for each passerby. Architectural works often require periods of deep reflection and a long though process in order for the architect to envisage how to give their building a sense of character and soul.
Whether architecture is an art or not is a never ending debate, but it is undeniable that there are strong links between the two disciplines. There are many examples of collaborations between contemporary artists and architects, and today the works of the greatest architects are exhibited in museums along with their fellow artists.
Discover our selections of artworks inspired by art and architecture!